Convair C-131B Samaritan O-53-7793
Convair C-131B Samaritan O-53-7793 (MSN 245) assigned to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA 1974 designated NC-131B prior to re-engining as NC-131H. Still in USAF service as of July 2002, leased to Veridian Engineering, Buffalo, NY. registered N793VS. Aircraft is modified as Total In-Flight Simulator extra cockpit grafted onto the nose. Aircraft can simulate the handling of almost any type of aircraft. Retired 7 November 2008 and flown the same day to the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Picture No
13129215
Media ID
47739039
Size
5906px x 3165px
(1.8MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - original negative acquired from the WILL BLUNT collection
Date
1970s
